1. The influence of teaching and various other social pressures (the social psychological factor).
This would include religious indoctrination as a child.
And suggestion plays a large
role in the development of religious attutudes. ("Suggestion" is
making a statement in such a way that it is accepted by listeners as
true without their having
rational grounds for believing it to be true. Hypnosis is a form of suggestion.)
2. Religious emotional experience
Moral conflict
Experiences of the beauty, harmony and goodness of the world
Mystical experience
3. Unmet needs
Religious attitudes can result from our seeking to fulfill such needs as safety, security, companionship, love, reassurance about death, and so forth.
4. Intellectual experience
The intellect can drive the development of religious attitudes and beliefs